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;;; U NIVERSITY OF TORONTO ~ SCI IOO L \ 1 CON TI NU I G ST U Dll.: S 1 1952 Leading Projects in Organizations Module 6: Organization Change ;;; U NIVERSITY OF TORONTO ~ SCI IOO L \ 1 CON TI NU I G ST U Dll.: S 1 Module 6 - Section 1 Organization Change Management  What is Change? Change is something that pushes us out of our comfort zone Make or become different (Oxford Dictionary) To exchange one thing for another thing "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent; but the most responsive to change" - Charles Darwin 'The quality of a successful man is to flow and not to freeze" - Ralph Waldo Emerson A lot of people are resistance to change  Organization Change An alteration of an organization's environment, structure, technology, or people: - A constant force - An organization reality - An opportunity or a threat An effect of rearranging priorities in organizations or bringing in new leadership "If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization" - Mary Douglas How does it impact people  Change Management Addresses the people side of change Application of a structured process and a set of tools for leading the people side of change Focuses on how to help people engage, adopt, and change their day-to-day work to achieve a desired strategic outcome systematic approach to dealing with the transition controlling the change, but managing the people helping people adapt, understand, be aware, communicating through it  Change vs. Transition Change is situational, something that starts and stops Transition is psychological - the gradual process of psychological adjustment that happens inside us as we adapt It is the inner reorientation or self re-definition that you have to go through in order to incorporate those changes The human side of change takes time "Without the transition , change is just a re-arrangement of the furniture; the change will simply not exist" - William Bridges as leaders, you need to consider what you team is going through in their personal life change is moving from one house to another, transition is adjusting to the new situation - a response to the change Change vs. Transformation Change Transformation Subscribes to Vision and Strategy Redefines Vision Creates fixes to the Past and Present Creates Future Tactical Approach Strategic Approach Focus on Processes and Methods Focus on Culture External Influence is High ___ External Influence is Minimal "Transformation - an extreme, radical change that orients an organized body in a new direction and takes it to an entirely different function. " - Michael Sahota  Transformation vs. Evolution Transformation Evolution Planned for Forced into Motivated by strong sense of Unknown end state purpose and direction Heavily influenced by the external Meant to initiate paradigm shift environment Proactive mechanism to initiate Meant to adapt to external forces change Reactive mechanism in response Driven by people (internal locus to change of control) Driven by external variable (external locus of control) proactive vs reactive  Prosci's Stages of Change - Phase 1 Phase 1 - Preparing for Change Define change management strategy Identify anticipated points of Prepare your change resistance and special tactics based management team on readiness assessment Develop your sponsorship model ~ UN I VE RSITY or TO RONTO Source: hllPS l fwww oroscI com1resnurcesfart1cles1chanq@-man3gemem me1hodology V -.CIIOl)I ,,.( 0'\ITl'J l 'l'-